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FASHIONABLE WATERING-PLACES. 


By BURLEIGH. 



BOSTON: 

PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY. 

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THE OLD COLONY RAILROAD: 


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CONNECTIONS, POPULAR RESORTS, AND WATERING PLACES. 



HE Old Colony Railroad, opened in 1S45 from Boston to 
Plymouth, Mass. (37^ miles), and from Fall River, Mass., 
to Myricks, Mass. (12 miles), now comprises 300 miles of 
<y\> line, extending from Boston, the metropolis of New Eng¬ 
land, to Newport, R.I., and to all the principal cities, towns, 
and villages of South-eastern Massachusetts ; and, by its connect¬ 
ing lines of steamboats, forming the most desirable and popular 
route between New York and Boston, and the famous summer 
resorts of the beautiful islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard. 

A glance at the map opposite shows the two lines between Boston 
and Newport {via Randolph, Stoughton, Easton, Taunton, Dighton, 
and Somerset; and via Brockton, Bridgewater, and Middleboro’, 
converging in one line at Fall River) ; the line to Provincetown 
(the end of Cape Cod); the line to Woods Hole (the mainland 
terminus of the Vineyard and Nantucket steamers); the line to 
“ Plymouth Rock,” passing through the Abingtons, Plympton, and 
Kingston ; the Sea-Shore Line, through Quincy, Braintree, Wey¬ 
mouth, Hingham, Nantasket, Cohasset, the Scituates, Marshfield 
(the home of Webster), and South Duxbury (the American station 
of the “French Cable”) to, and intersecting, the Plymouth line 
at Kingston ; and the suburban “ Shawmut,” “ Milton,” and 
“ Granite ” Branches. 


&be Boston fcminal stations. 

The terminal stations at Boston are complete in all their parts. 
Their ample proportions are demanded by the heavy business of 
the road. The rush of passengers, coming and going, is immense. 
The freight, gathered from all parts of the Continent, requires acres 




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parties bound for an excursion to the beautiful “ Silver Lake 
Grove ” or to the sea-shore, for a day’s recreation. 

CUb-Gume labelling. 

Thirty years ago, a man residing in Vermont had business in 
New York. Like a good husband, before he set out he made his 
will. Like a good Christian, he had prayers offered in the church 
that he might be protected on his perilous journey, and be returned 
in safety to his anxious family. Travellers now go around the globe 


BOSTON PASSENGER STATION. 


of buildings. The system is complete, precluding jar and con¬ 
fusion in the complicated arrangements. 

A pleasant feature at the Passenger Station, daily witnessed dur¬ 
ing the summer months, is the presence of the numerous picnic 





































































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without as much preparation, while the journey from Vermont to 
New York City is but the matter of a few hours. 

£jje Colong Connections. 

So well adjusted and harmonized is this road, by its trunk line 
and branches, that it places its full facilities within the reach of 
the prominent cities and towns of the Commonwealth, and the 
principal places of interest in the country, affording an avenue 
unsurpassed for speedy and comfortable transit. 

Olb Jfogmsm. 

The advance of civilization and general intelligence is deter¬ 
mined by the modes of travel. The lumbering ox-cart of Syria 
indicates the degradation of the people. The queen’s state coach, 
drawn by sixteen horses, has timber enough in it to build a modern 
palace car : the queen, like a sensible woman as she is, will not 
ride in the great lumbering thing. The sixteen horses were not 
for show originally, but for necessity. In the time of Charles II., 
the streets of London were atrocious. They were full of holes and 
quagmires ; and, with a great team attached, pioneers with rails and 
levers accompanied the coach to pry it out of the mire. The 
Thames was used as a highway, the streets were so terrible. The 
early attempts to improve the highways of London were met by a 
sturdy opposition : so was the attempt to light the streets. The 
people said their fathers and forefathers fell and broke their necks, 
and they would not have their own privileges curtailed. 

|loufe fo IJorh. 

The Fall River Route is , -par excellence, the route to the metropo¬ 
lis. Its short line of road, elegant cars, and rapid transit, gives it 
pre-eminent advantages over all others. No calling-up of passen¬ 
gers at midnight, with a hundred miles of railroad to reach Boston. 
Travellers enjoy a quiet night’s rest, reaching the city in season 
for the early trains. The steamboats are the most elegant in the 
world. The “ Bristol ” and “ Providence ” cost a million and a 


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quarter each. The furniture and fitting-up are equal to any hotel 
in the land. An army of servants keep the boats in perfect order. 



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FALL RIVER LINE, 
Between Boston and New York. 

(Old Colony R.R.. and S.S. Co.) 

depots: 

Boston — Cor. South and Kneeland Sts. 
New York—Pier 28, North River. 


Clean linen is applied daily to the beds. Once a week the boats 
are thoroughly overhauled. When these floating palaces are laid 
up for the winter, they are thoroughly refitted, carpets and curtains 
removed, and every mattress thoroughly cleansed. 

$$tarbcls of GTrabcl. 

The iron pathway and the facilities of travel have made these 
two cities, Boston and New York, practically one. A few years 
ago merchants interchanged visits once in six months, and made 
purchases for the season : now merchants rush on to New York in 
the night, spend the day in business, take the palace steamer in the 
afternoon, dine at their leisure on the boat, have a sleep in rooms 
as elegant as any at a first-class hotel, and, refreshed, are ready for 
business next day. Said a merchant, “ I received a telegram at 
noon that my ship, loaded with tea. was at Sandy Hook. I took 
the 5.30, P.M., Old Colony train for Fall River, had a good night’s 
rest on the boat, reached New York in the morning, met my ship 
at the dock, sold the entire cargo, took the 3 o’clock train, and slept 
in my own bed in Boston the same night.” 




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Attractions of tlje ^ounb JUrote. 

All that liberal outlay and attention can do to add to the comfort 
of travellers, the management bring to the boats that ply between 



bTEAMEK BRISTOL—FALL RIVER LINE. 


Fall River, Newport, and New York. The order, system, elegance, 
and accommodations of a first-class hotel greet the traveller. The 



GRAND SALOON OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED STEAMERS BRISTOL AND PROVIDENCE. 






































































































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ample tables, spread in European style, enable travellers to consult 
their comfort when they dine. All the luxuries of the season are 
secured. A band of music adds to the exhilarations and attractions 
of the passage. The state-rooms are large and sumptuous : the 
saloons are unsurpassed. The officers selected are among the 
ablest that navigate the sound. The daily rush of travel, and 
the scramble for state-rooms, indicate the popularity of the Fall 
River route. 


Jirst-CJass justness. 

In every style and department of business, there must be a fore¬ 
most company. Travellers should be as wise as men are in ordinary 
trade. Men prefer to deal with a first-class, successful house, put 
up at a leading hotel, hire a first-class carriage, put their money in 
a sound and reliable bank. So in travelling : a finely-appointed 
road, run with enterprise and liberality ; managed with intelligence 
and care; with cars combining all modern comforts; running through 
a country unsurpassed for its ocean-views, its inland beauty, with 
a pathway around which cluster the most interesting historic 
memories ; touching the great watering-places of the country, and 
by its connections reaching the snows of the North, the southern 
savannas, and the illimitable Pacific,—offers to the travelling public 
superior attractions. 

(Enterprise of % goafr. 

It is conceded that the Old Colony Road is one of the best 
appointed in the country. It stretches out its iron arms in every 
direction. It connects Boston with the great watering-places of 
the east, and, by its connections, also with Saratoga and Niagara; 
the seashore connected with the White Mountains, Newport with 
the Hoosac Tunnel, with the British Dominions on the one hand, 
on the other New York and the great South and West. The con¬ 
solidation of lines lays the traffic and commerce of the country at 
the doors of the Old Colony. Its rails extend over a third of the 
State of Massachusetts, grouping together Boston, Newport, Plym¬ 
outh, New Bedford, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and 
New York. 


Ward 16, Boston (the former and ancient town of Dorchester), is the home of many of the most wealthy and influential business men 
of New England’s metropolis. 

The frequent and rapid trains, the convenient stations on the main line and “ Shawmut ” and “ Milton ” Branches, the perfect mail 
and telegraph facilities, the beautiful drives and prospect, in this rural ward, render it most desirable for such as wish to combine the 
comforts and attractions of a city and country home. 




































































































































































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Sty business ^aUu of a 

The map shows the marvellous connections with the Old Colony. 
The perfect system which marks the completeness of this railway 
is not the work of an hour: it demanded years of toil, and an 
outlay gigantic in its character. The growth of Boston shows the 
business value of such a roadway. Hundreds of towns and vil¬ 
lages have been called into existence. Countless manufactories 
have sprung up in the valleys. Sterile farms, that scarcely afforded 
sustenance for man or beast, teem with a busy population, making 
the poor farmer a rich man. Men who dwelt in the lanes and nar¬ 
row tenements of the city now breathe the healthy air of the coun¬ 
try, and get to business or labor cheaply and on time. A railroad 
in a town is like a mine of gold ; and land, produce, and labor feel 
its magic power. The snorting of the iron horse indicates pros¬ 
perity. 

5ty (lofon of Quincg. 

Without reference to its great Eastern, Southern, and Western 
connections, the Old Colony runs through a country full of the 
picturesque and historic. Among these, prominently stands the 
old town of Ouincy. Prominent among its attractions is the man¬ 
sion of John Adams, the second president of the United States, 
and John Quincy, his great son. The rude and humble dwelling, 
with its roof sweeping down to the ground, where John Quincy was 
born, is worth looking at. 

The road towards Boston still exists, over which John Quincy 
rode post to old Boston Town, carrying the mail. The pasture 
can be seen where the lad of twelve, one frosty morning at five 
o’clock, crying with the cold, followed his father to take boat for 
the ship and sail for France. 

The town is full of Revolutionary memories. It is also interest¬ 
ing from the fact that in it was laid the first railroad for traffic ever 
built in the country, —a tram-road to connect the immense granite 
ledges with tide-water, now operated by steam-power as the 
“ Granite Branch ” of the Old Colony. 


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gibigail grants. 

The Adams mansion, at Ouincy, will always be identified with 
the heroic career of the wife of the second president. The daugh¬ 
ter of a minister, trained to the intelligence and economy of the 
parsonage, she was well fitted for the position to which she was 
called. She was a model woman of the Revolution. 

The absence of her husband, on public affairs, threw the man¬ 
agement of the farm, and the support of the family, upon herself. 
She knew want and terror. 

Eight miles away, in the town of Boston, the British held pos¬ 
session : their guns could be distinctly heard in Quincy. The for¬ 
aging expeditions kept the country in a state of alarm. How much 
Mrs. Adams suffered, her published letters show. But she never 
flinched, nor deserted her post. She heard the shouts of triumph 
when Boston was delivered. She lived to have the high honor of 
being the first lady who graced the White House. 

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From these granite ledges have been taken the material for many 
of the public edifices throughout the country. 

When, about the middle of the past century, the dilapidated con¬ 
dition of the King’s Chapel in Boston necessitated its rebuilding, it 
was voted to replace the wooden structure by one of Quincy stone. 
During the rebuilding it was feared that the supply of granite would 
be unequal to the requirement; and a survey was ordered, the result 
of which was, that probably a sufficient quantity of stone could be 
obtained from the quarries to complete the chapel, and possibly 
enough more for another such building. 

Since that time the constant labor of multitudes of workmen 
have made but trifling inroad upon the immense mines of granite 
contained in the Quincy hills. 

The manner of working the quarries, the “incline” down which 
are transported the huge masses, the wild scenery, are of no little 
interest, and well repay a visit to the region. 


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This ancient town should be visited by every American. A ride 
of thirty-seven miles, in the superb coaches of the Old Colony, 

brings the traveller to 
“Plymouth Rock.” 
The town is crowded 
with paintings, curiosi¬ 
ties, furniture, and me¬ 
morials of the Pilgrims. 

Every spot is inter¬ 
esting, — the famous 
Rock itself; the garni¬ 
ture and curiosities 
from “ The Mayflow¬ 
er ; ” the site of the first 


meeting-house, where 


worshippers sat at the 
ends of the pews, with 
guns in their hands, 
ready to repel the inva¬ 
sions of the savages ; 
Burial Hill, where the 
graves were smoothed 
down, that the Indians 
might not know how 
many of the Colonists 
had died ; and Clark’s 
Island, where the exiles 
“ rested, according to 
the commandment,” on 
Sunday, Dec. io, 1620. 

Plymouth is famous 
as a watering-place. Its 
climate is salubrious ; 
its bay unsurpassed for 
healthy sports ; its ho¬ 
tels ample and well kept, challenging the attention of all who are 


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seeking healthful relaxation, with the pastimes and sea-breezes that 
bear healing and strength on their wings. 


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A ride of less than three hours from Boston brings the traveller 
to Newport. This is without a rival, the fashionable watering-place 
of America. Its magnificent sea-view, its unsurpassed beach, its 
driveways and boulevards, its private cottages and magnificent 



NEWPORT, — FROM THE BAY. 


public and private dwellings, cannot be equalled on the continent. 
Its hotels have long been famous as the most celebrated in the 
country. 

Newport offers unrivalled facilities to those who enjoy the whirl 
of fashionable life at a watering-place : at the same time it offers 
repose and quiet for those who seek retirement. The curious trav¬ 
eller will seek out the house of Dr. Channing, and listen to the 
sweet strains of the organ in Trinity Church, given by the renowned 
Bishop Berkeley in 1729. The statue of Com. Perry, the Stone Mill 
a thousand years old, Fort Adams, all merit a visit ; and all will 






























































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admire the beauty and taste of the private dwellings of the eminent 
men of the land. 



OLD STONE MILL. 


Q Curious Custom. 

The Second Baptist Church is worth looking at. For over a 
hundred years, no music or singing was allowed in the church. It 
was finally introduced sparingly, amid great excitement and much 
opposition. Many were conscientiously opposed to singing in 
public worship, mainly because their fathers did not sing. 

When the hymn was given out, a company of men and women 
arose, went outside of the church, and stood on the bleak hill, often 
in a snow-storm, often with the thermometer at zero, and remained 
until the hymn was finished, when the conscientious party re-entered 
the house to hear the sermon. 

In consideration of the scruples of weak brethren, the church 
passed a resolution that those who could not sit in church and hear 
a hymn sung should be permitted to withdraw, and not be dealt 
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£Ijc Citg b|| lljc 

This is the poetic name given to Oak Bluffs, on Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard, with its hundreds of cottage-houses by the sea. The sail 
from Woods Hole in the elegant steamers that ply between that 
place and the Vineyard and Nantucket, is simply magnificent. 
Buzzard’s Bay is studded with beauty, and places of rare and his¬ 
toric interest. The entire fleet plying between New York and the 
East passes in sight of nearly all the prominent hotels, bringing 
into view often a thousand sail. 



OUT-DOOR LIFE AT THE VINEYARD. 


Penikese Island, immortalized by Agassiz, lies in full view. 

At the westerly end of the Vineyard is “ Gay Head,” pronounced 
by Webster one of the greatest natural curiosities. More curious 
than all is the new city of Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluffs. 

Thirty years ago a number of Methodists held a meeting under 
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all who wished to visit the Vineyard. Oak Bluffs is now a city : it 
has concrete drives, with an ocean view, ar\d fine roads eight miles 
long. The city has gas street-lamps, horse-railroads, a trotting- 
course, and all modern improvements. 

It is a Liliputian city. Its houses are cottages, a thousand in 
number ; some of them very costly, and owned by the most noted 
men in the country. The city of the Vineyard has two sides. The 
Camp-Meeting Association, with its marvellous tent holding five 
thousand, with its cottages, is as distinct from the revellers and 
pleasure-seekers, as if it were a thousand miles away. Outside of 
the “Circle ” dwell the people who come for recreation and pleasure. 

The Sea View House, whose foundations are bathed by the 
waters of the bay, is one of the most complete and superb watering- 



SEA VIEW HOUSE. 


pl.ice hotels in the world. It has a plank walk for pedestrians, a 
mile long ; a seashore for bathers, and the pure ocean, without surf 
or peril, with nothing between the bathers and Ireland. There is 
a fine beach-road to Edgartown, and a narrow-gauge steam-railroad 
to Katama, which latter place, with its magnificent hotel and royal 
surf-bathing, attracts many visitors. As many as fifteen thousand 






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persons have been on the island as visitors at one time. It is the 
most unique and attractive watering-place in the world. Boarding- 
places are abundant; and hotels are numbered by scores. 



MATTAKESET LODGE, KATAMA, MARTHA’S VINEYARD. 


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The two phases of society, the devout and the fashionable, as 
unlike as can be, harmonize marvellously. The portion devoted to 
religious families is known as the “Circle.” It is connected with 

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the outside world by a street-railroad. It is beyond the reach 
of the cheer of the trotting-course, the whirl of the dancers, the 
gav music of the band, and the loiterers who watch the bathers 
and sailors and promenaders in their merry groups. Outside of 
the “ Circle,” society is as elegant as any at Saratoga, Newport, or 
Niagara. All the sports and pastimes of a fashionable watering- 
place are enjoyed. The cottages are tasteful, some of them very 
elegant; and at night, when they are illuminated, the whole city 
has the appearance of a fairy village. 

Oak Bluffs, the Vineyard City, is unique and elegant, and worth 
crossing continents to see. 

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|slrmb of Jjfentuckct. 

Thirty miles out at sea is a tufted sandbank fifteen miles long : 
on it is the quaintest and most old-fashioned town in the Common¬ 
wealth. The zeal and energy of its hardy seamen, who pursued the 
whale in its arctic home, made Nantucket in earlier times familiar 
to the British Parliament. Nantucket is now coming to the front 
as a watering-place. Its fine air, the facilities for the rugged sports 
of the seaside which it offers, its bracing and genial air, the many 
attractions that surround it, the absence of fogs, and the home 
attractions presented, the easy sail of two hours, — all commend 
Nantucket to parties in search of out-door excitement and healthy 
recreation. 

The town is specially attractive to invalids who seek quiet and 
repose, with the invigorating sea-breeze and the attractive sail. 
Not the least among the attractions of the place are the facilities 
of arrival and departure. Visitors can take their breakfast at the 
White Mountains, and sleep in Nantucket : men of business can 
reach New York or the White Mountains as easily as from Boston. 
The connections are swift and sure for travel, East, West, North, 
or South. The town is full of quaint customs. Lectures, meet¬ 
ings, and arrivals are announced by the bellman. The coaches are 
carts, in which passengers stand. Young ladies invite their friends 
to a ride, back up a one-horse cart to the door, take in their freight 
by means of a chair, and drive off as a fashionable lady in the city 
would turn her phaeton into the park. 

Nantucket is full of attractions. Its hotels and boarding-houses 
are ample : its athenaeum, library, marine curiosities, its ancient 
houses of 1686, and the residence of the last of the Indians, are 
full of historic interest. 


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Nantucket has long been celebrated for the intelligence and tal¬ 
ent of its women. The training of the household, and the duties 
of social life, devolve mainly upon the mothers and sisters. The 
men pursuing the arctic whale, on their long voyages from home, 


NANTUCKET, FROM THE CHURCH TOWER 


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the correspondence with their friends on the sea gave the women 
of Nantucket a superior intellectual advantage. 

The King of Denmark offered a gold medal to any one who dis¬ 
covered a telescopic comet. A fair maiden of Nantucket, then all 
unknown to fame, had blended the study of astronomy with domes¬ 
tic duties. She had the care of her aged parents : she was an 
especial favorite with the boys and girls of the island, mending 
their tops, whips, and dolls, tying up bruised and damaged fingers, 
and keeping a perfect arsenal to assuage the woes and sorrows of 
childhood. She entered the race for the medal; and, though kings 
and nobles were her competitors, she bore away the prize. 

Seontetljmg about IJtursjjfidib 

Marshfield will always be attractive, as it holds the farm and 
mansion of Webster by the sea that he loved so well. 

Besides the mansion and magnificent grounds, apart from the 
dwelling, stands the little white office where he did his mornings 
work, and allowed no one to disturb him. A few rods away, in 
the rear of the mansion, runs a little brook that has an historic in¬ 
terest. 

Webster the farmer did not look much like Webster the Sec¬ 
retary of State. 

He was trimming trees one morning by the rivulet, with his 
slouched hat and heavy boots. An aide from the Governor of New 
York had a message to the Secretary of State. He attempted to 
run across lots to Webster’s farm. He hailed the Marshfield 
farmer: “Old man, where is Mr. Webster’s place?” — “This is 
it.” — Is he at home?” — “He is on the farm.” — “How can I 
get across the brook ? ” — “ Some wade, and some jump.”— “ I’ll 
give you a shilling to carry me across the brook.” With great 
deliberation the great statesman forded the brook, took the young 
sprig on his back, landed him on the right side of the water, pock¬ 
eted the shilling, pointed the way to the mansion, and afterward 
met the blushing messenger in his library. 


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ginotljcr gtiTfcbote of (Slcbsfer. 

I was once in company with Mr. Webster. Nantucket was 
spoken of. I said to Mr. Webster, “ Is it true that the Friends of 
Nantucket farmed you out as a lawyer ? ” • 

“Well,” said Daniel, laughing, “they are a sharp people at Nan¬ 
tucket ; and I will tell you how it happened. The courts held 
their term on the island periodically. There was not much litiga¬ 
tion ; but the suits were heavy, relating to ships, whale-fishing, 
and oil. The judges and lawyers usually went over from the con¬ 
tinent, and spent a week or ten days, and finished the business of 
the term. 

“One day one of the Friends of the island called at my office in 
Boston, and said, ‘Friend Daniel, what will thee ask to come down to 
Nantucket next week, and plead a cause for me before the judges ? ’ 
— ‘ I will go for a thousand dollars.’ — ‘ That is too much, F'riend 
Daniel.’ — ‘But I will have to go down Saturday, and perhaps 
remain the whole week following. I would as soon argue the 
whole docket.’ — ‘Well, Friend Daniel, if thee will argue such 
cases as I will present to thee before my case is called, I will give 
thee a thousand dollars ; ’ and so the bargain was struck. 

“My client went to Nantucket, and found his cause at the foot 
of the docket. He went from man to man, and store to store, who 
had any cause on the docket, and said, ‘ What will thee give me, 
if I’ll get the great Daniel Webster to plead thy cause ? ’ He took 
retainers from a dozen men. Some gave him a hundred dollars, 
and some five hundred dollars. He had grace enough to give me 
the thousand dollars as agreed, and paid my expenses into the bar¬ 
gain. I argued the docket right through, for plaintiff or defendant, 
till I reached my client’s case. He struck the balance, and ad¬ 
mitted, as the steamer left the wharf, that he had got his own case 
argued, and pocketed fifteen hundred dollars besides.” 

One of fbc drubs of (Eartlj. 

A hundred and twenty miles from the Boston station, in the 
arm of Cape Cod, lies the town of Provincetown. For years it 


BOAT-HUUSK LANDING, NEWEOKT. 


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was isolated, and still retains the quaint and ancient customs of 
the olden time. 

The Old Colony road brings the town within a business distance 
of all the great centres of trade. The town has a wild and weird 
look, high hills of sand, bluffs, and promontories attesting the 
power of the ocean. The attractions of Provincetown as a water¬ 
ing-place are recognized. The climate is delicious, free from fogs, 
with a sweep from the ocean unsurpassed for its mildness and 
purity. The ride from Boston to Provincetown is a panorama of 
beauty. 

Once in the town, one is as quiet and isolated as if a thousand 
miles away from the metropolis. 

In the summer, the town is crowded with visitors. The hotels 
are numerous, and private boarding comfortable and reasonable. 

ITanbmg of tljc pilgrims. 

Provincetown shares with Plymouth the honor of the debarka¬ 
tion of the Pilgrims. 

Forty-one days before the Pilgrim Fathers struck Plymouth 
Rock, “ The Mayflower ” cast anchor in the magnificent bay of 
Provincetown. Here the great charter was signed, which became 
the corner-stone of our republic, affirming that majorities must 
govern. 

From Provincetown, Marshfield, Duxbury, and Clark’s Island 
were visited. 

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The landing at Provincetown, “Nov. H, 1620,” is commemo¬ 
rated by a marble tablet in the town hall, which stands on the 
prominent promontory of the cape. 

Miscellaneous. 

The visitor to Martha’s Vineyard will not fail to make a trip to 
Gay Head, and look on the wonders of its variegated soil. Ka- 
tama Bay, with its fine hotel and driveways, with its magnificent 
surf-bathing, will command attention. Buzzard’s Bay, with its 
headlands and outlying islands, have especial attractions. The 


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Elizabeth Islands — the group known as Cuttyhunk, Penikese, 
Neshawana, Peskanese, Naushon (the summer residence of John 
M. Forbes, Esq.), possess peculiar attractions. The watering- 
places on and around the Vineyard are full of attractions. 



SEA VIEW BOULEVARD, LEADING TO KATAMA. 


In the hottest summer day a cool breeze is enjoyed, while there 
is an abundance of fish and game of every description, with bath¬ 
ing, yachting, elegant company, and all the luxuries of the season. 

In conclusion, the facilities of travel, easiness of access, and 
constant communication with all parts of the country, the mail 
and telegraph facilities, place the Old Colony and its connections 
in the fore-front of attractive railroad routes in the country. 






























































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